Sentences with phrase «of midnight oil»

First it soars in bold fire - engine red in Mercer's Stop, a major painting made in 1971, then dives under the monochrome and textured surface of Nu Nile (painted two years later) and passes even more subtly under the «roller» marks (as he calls them, for the tool that made them) of Midnight Oil, from 1979.

Plenty of midnight oil has been burned en route, and long weekends spent waiting patiently for microorganisms, enzymes and NMR spectrometers to do their work.

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The blooper reel is long: the will - they - or - won't - they reality show surrounding BHP Billiton's scuttled bid for Potash Corp.; the minutes - before - midnight rejection of Petronas's bid for Progress Energy (eventually reversed); and the long - delayed approval of the China National Offshore Oil Co.'s (CNOOC) purchase of Nexen.

Make a conscious effort to think about the positive advantages of sleep when tempted to burn the midnight oil.

Founders often justify burning the midnight oil, as this is their time to create something meaningful and sleep is something that can come later in life — after these valuable years of innovation are behind them.

A short video from one female executive won't change that, but hopefully a lot more women in positions of power and a growing awareness that burning the midnight oil takes a serious toll on families, relationships and even individuals (not to mention a more equitable sharing of housework and childcare between the sexes) will slowly make it safe for more of us to say to our bosses — or admit to ourselves — what Sandberg has just said publicly.

Talking (and tweeting) to other entrepreneurs, I have found that many of us burn the midnight oil, but you are never warned that you could be working much longer hours than when you were an employee for a corporate.

You are not alone in milking a corporate job for security, salary and benefits while you burn the midnight oil in pursuit of something fun, and... Continue

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

And, for those of us burning the midnight oil, pacing a dark house with a crying bundle cradled in our arms, there are a plethora of strategies thrown our way.

But you can't deny that the last - minute wrangling, which saw lawmakers burning the midnight oil to reach an agreement, resulted in closure on several of the most important issues left unresolved after lawmakers arrived at a budget in late - March.

«So why are they burning the midnight oil in No10 and the Treasury, instead of breaking out the bubbly and planning two more terms in office without serious opposition?

My colleagues from the lab have decided to burn the midnight oil in the bar as well as attempting «full - on» days of listening to talks.

Modafinil, developed for people with narcolepsy, is now a drug of choice for those who want to burn the midnight oil.

Sure, your fatigue might be the result of burning the midnight oil and then getting up early for CrossFit or child care.

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Studies show that sleep deprivation can prevent weight loss, even if you follow a great diet, so don't sabotage all of your hard work by burning the midnight oil.

The natural blend of nourishing oil in Midnight Recovery Concentrate works with skin «s nocturnal functions to provide vital nutrients at the time when the skin is most receptive to repair.

For my first - step cleanser, I'm currently using and loving the Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Cleansing Oil — it takes off all of my makeup, including my stubborn waterproof mascara!

Our editor recently reviewed the latest member of Kiehl's Midnight Recovery collection: Midnight Recovery Cleansing Oil.

I really want to try all the range as well...... Love the sound of the Neroli midnight oil and the Grapefruit cleansing balm!

This was one of several movies in negotiations that caused reps to burn the midnight oil.

That is part of the chorus from a song released twenty years ago by the amazing Australian band Midnight Oil.

This habit of having dinner and spending evenings with my family is important to us, though there are plenty of nights when I end up burning the midnight oil after everyone has gone to bed.

RenaultSport has been burning the midnight oil, judging by the raft of new performance variants on show at Paris.

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With so many books from each of them, fans of conspiracy mystery thrillers will be burning the midnight oil as they turn a thrilling page after page.

You will also create big hopes and dreams for your future as you burn the midnight oil in pursuit of your desired future.

It demands only a little knowledge, but a lot of shoe leather, elbow grease, and midnight oil.

Colleagues may feel like friends when you're burning the midnight oil to finish a project, but you should never forget that you're among your fiercest competitors, says Jamie Gruman, a professor of organizational behavior at the University of Guelph in Ontario.

Novice breeders burning up the internet and the midnight oil can learn new / old techniques to help a mother dog through a healthy pregnancy and reduce the odds of a caesarian section.

Each of the 15 guest rooms has en - suite facilities, a TV with DStv, a desk and chair for those wishing to burn the midnight oil, air - conditioning and a heater, and tea - and coffee - making facilities so you can enjoy a cup of tea or coffee without having to step out of your room.

Each of the 15 guest rooms has en - suite facilities, a TV with DStv, a desk and chair for those wishing to burn the midnight oil, air - conditioning and a...

I mistakenly used a spell called midnight oil, which soaks the area of effect in oil.

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Together with bunch of friends you burned midnight oil for months — to polish your idea, to prepare best demo, best presentation.

All of us at Stoic are proud to announce, after burning the midnight oil for many moons, that beta has ended for The Banner Saga: Factions and soft launch is today!

Grant Wood, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, 1931, oil on composition board, 76 × 102 cm.

In particular, Regionalist paintings are characterized by their realistic depiction of scenes, architecture and figures from the American Midwest, exemplified by Grant Wood's masterpiece American Gothic (1930, oil on beaverboard, Art Institute of Chicago) and The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1931, oil on masonite, Metropolitan Museum, NYC).

Name: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1931) Artist: Grant Wood (1892 - 1942) Medium: Oil on masonite Genre: History painting Movement / Style: American Scene painting Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Topics of the latest reports, published by the Federation of American Scientists, include Arctic changes, mountaintop mining controversies, pollution control law enforcement, climate change, midnight rulemaking, scientific papers / security risks, oil sands enviro issues, and fracking / drinking water.

Hi Jennifer, Maybe, like some of us involved in food production, you have been burning the midnight oil.

Tim DeChristopher committed one of the most famous acts of climate activism in the nation: by bidding on a parcel of land that oil and gas companies were keen to snap up during a midnight hour auction put on by the Bush administration (and of course, being entirely unable to pay for it), he inspired the fledgling, next generation green movement to fight back.

Ex-frontman for the rock band Midnight Oil, and past president of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), Peter has been muzzled since joining parliament.

Associates could demand access to webcasts of firms to get a sense of how many people burn the midnight oil.

To those who dare to think of things in different ways and burn the midnight oil in design and execution.

Uncertain of what to do, she dove into PACER in search of examples and burned the midnight oil cobbling together a plan.

Attorneys are not personally burning the midnight oil penning the many hundreds of marketing books, ebooks, and free reports available throughout the web.